Table 3 Significantly different community and health facility causes of 1–59-month deaths in the study countries
Country | Analysis method | Cause of death | Community N deaths (%) %MF (95% CI) | Facility N deaths (%) %MF (95% CI) | p* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cameroon | 453 (71.3%) | 182 (28.7%) | |||
EAVA | Non-significant | – | – | – | |
PCVA | Diarrhea | 5.3 (3.4, 7.8) | 9.9 (6.3, 14.4) | 0.030 | |
Malawi | 342 (49.5%) | 349 (50.5%) | |||
EAVA | Injury | 4.0 (1.9, 7.4) | 1.4 (0.4, 3.4) | 0.048 | |
Severe malnutrition | 2.6 (1.2, 4.7) | 0.6 (0.1, 1.9) | 0.048 | ||
PCVA | AIDS | 15.9 (12.0, 20.4) | 10.2 (7.2, 13.8) | 0.034 | |
Meningitis | 2.6 (1.3, 4.6) | 6.0 (3.7, 9.0) | 0.030 | ||
Malaria | 14.3 (10.8, 18.4) | 22.9 (18.5, 27.8) | 0.005 | ||
Niger | 504 (81.4%) | 115 (18.6%) | |||
EAVA | Non-significant | – | – | – | |
PCVA | Non-significant | – | – | – | |
Nigeria | 1610 (78.4%) | 445 (21.6%) | |||
EAVA | Unspecified | 6.5 (5.2, 7.8) | 3.9 (2.2, 6.0) | 0.044 | |
PCVA | AIDS | 0.0 (0.0, 0.1) | 0.3 (0.0, 1.4) | 0.024 |